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SARRIA – PORTOMARÍN
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Today is the first day and the first stage for lots of pilgrims that have chosen Sarria as starting point. It is located 100 kilometres from Santiago de
Compostela and it is the shortest distance that you need to cover to get Compostela once you get to Santiago.

It will be a lovely walk separate from the road. You will go through Sarria, Paradela and Portomarín and you will cross many rivers through its
medieval bridges. It is an easy stage with lots of establishments.

Sarria’s main street will welcome you at the beginning of the stage. You will start walking and you will cross an old jailhouse that now is a hostel. Then
you will get to a viewpoint where you will find a stone cross. You will also see a fortress with its wall, then it comes to the Convento de la Magdalena
convent, but you won’t cross it, because a few metres before you have to turn left to get to a path that will lead you to a bridge called Áspero; it is a
medieval bridge that goes over the Celeriro river and that would enable you to continue with your way.

On the other side you will have to walk parallel to the train rail and then you will cross it. Then you will cross a stream through a wooden walkway to
get to the hardest part in today’s stage. This part will be calm because you will walk among oak trees that will lead you to As Paredes. After visiting
some interesting things in this village you will get a little bit after to Vilei where you will find lots of services where you can buy all the necessary things
or even rest for a while. After crossing the village you will find a spring.

Now you will walk to Barbadelo where stop it must due to its Iglesia de Santiago church from the Romanesque. You will cross this village leaving
behind its public hostel and you will get to Rente and then to Mercado da Serra; named after the typical market that used to be celebrated there in the
Medieval Ages. You will cross it through the LU-5709 and be careful because here, at this point you can get lost. You will go along a cover of trees
while you walk until reaching a fountain decorated with Pelegrín, the pet of 1993’s Jacobean year. Lots of establishments put the indications wrong
just for you to go through their establishments. Then you will continue among lots of trees. A little bit later you will cross the Molino de Marzán mill
where you should turn right after going through a bridge over a small stream.

You have to cross again the national road LU-633 that will lead you to Leiman and Peruscallo where you can see lots of raised granaries. This path
full of oak trees will lead you to Lavandeiro going through Cortiñas. Now you will be accompanied by rock walls that will lead you to Brea where you
will find the first marker that indicated the last 100 kilometres to get to Santiago, but this is a fake one because the original is located a few metres
after and it is easy to know that is the original one because it is painted and because it full of rocks. This one of the most famous markers in the Way
because it indicates the shortest distance that you should walk to obtain Compostela.

Now you will be walking to Morgade where the Fuente del Demonio fountain and the Capilla de la Trinidad chapel are located. According to the
legend, pilgrims should leave here a note in which they indicate how the experience of walking to Santiago was. Then you will get to Ferreros a place
that will welcome you to Paradela. You will then walk through an asphalted road to Mirallos where you will find another Romanesque monument, the
Iglesia de Santa María church. Now is time to get to A Pena going through O Couto and Rozas where you will leave again the asphalt to walk among
trees. After a few meters you will turn left to get to Moimentos, Mercadoiro and Moutrás. The way to get to these villages is very easy. Here you will
find a wooden cross that for ages has been decorated by pilgrims.

You are now close to Portomarín, you just have to cross Parrocha and Vilachá. The Minho goes through these two villages and a bridge will allow you
to enter into Portomarín, this is the end of today’s stage. You will enter through one of the old medieval bridge arches and after passing the Virtual
Centre of Pilgrim Information, the Pilgrim street will lead us to the village centre where we end this stage.
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Bear in mind

This is an easy stage and also a short stage. You have to maintain a constant rhythm because the change of pavement could be tiring.

There are no problems or dangerous parts for people with reduced mobility, but they should be careful when it comes to cross the bridges especially
in rainy seasons because the footbridge could be slippery.

What to see

 Iglesia de Santiago de Barbadelo church

 Iglesia de San Xiao de Chorente church
 Iglesia de Santa María de Ferreiros church
 Iglesia de San Nicolás church (Portomarín)

What to eat

 Eel empanada
 Typical sponge almond cake
 Aguardiente
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PORTOMARÍN - PALAS DE REI

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Most part of today’s stage goes through asphalt. You will see two rivers Minho and Ulla. You will also see lots of Romanesque churches and also
the Cruceiro dos Lameiros stone cross and the Yacimiento de Castromaior site. All these things will make this stage more entertaining. It is an
easy stage but sometimes you will have to walk up some slopes that could be a little bit hard.

Now there are just 94 kilometres left to Santiago de Compostela. You will leave Portomarín crossing the Iglesia de San Nicolás church that will lead
you to the Avenida de Chantada avenue and after crossing a footbridge over the Torres river, a Minho’s affluent. Then you will start walking up to the
Monte de San Antonio mount, but this is a short walk up because just a kilometre after you will be walking among lots of high trees and huge fields
that will lead you to the national road. Once you get to the San Mamede and Velade crossing you will continue the route through a path that goes
parallel to the road and once you get to a brick factory you will have to cross the road to walk through the same path.

You have to take into account that every time that you are crossing the road you have to be very careful because there are vehicles coming from both
sides. A little bit later you will get to a village, called Toxibo, which has a huge raised granary at the entrance. Then going parallel to the road you will
wall among pine trees and after a picnic area where you can rest and have a break for a while you will continue to get to Gonzar ;in this village you
will find a public hostel and also the Iglesia de Santa María church. After crossing this village and going to the left you will get to Castromaior that was
named after the pre-roman settlement that was in this place, stop here is a must for all pilgrims. You could also visit the Romanesque church of this
village that is from the 12 century.

You will continue once again parallel to the national road and then you will see a signal and then, after crossing many times the road you will get to
Hospital da Cruz that used to be a pilgrim’s hospital.

Now you will cross again the national road to leave the hospital and you have to take to the left to go through a narrow track to Vendas de Narón that
used to be named as Sala Regina and is an important village in this Way.

Once you leave this village you will find a small chapel that was rehabilitated in 2004 you will continue through the same path that will lead you to the
sierra de Ligonde mountain pass. That separates the Minho river and also the Ulla river. Here you will enjoy an amazing landscape. After getting to
this mountain pass is time to rest for a while, then you will go through Previsa a village located in Monterroso. Just a few meters before you will get to
Os Lameiros where is located the Capilla de San Marcos chapel and also it stone cross from 1670 devoted to the Virgen de los Dolores virgin and
also to Christ Crucified.

You will continue your way and you will get to Ligonde that is the village with the greatest amount of people in today’s stage, where many monarchs
stayed long time ago.

This part of the way goes through a path that will lead you to a bridge over the Airexe river where you can find a Romanesque church devoted to
Santiago. Next to the church you will find a stone cross. You will go on the left path to leave this place. After a few meters you will start descending to
get to Portos the first village that belongs to Palas de Rei. Then you will find a turn away to get to Vilar de Donas and a holiday cottage where you can
stay the night. After visiting the Iglesia de Lestedo church you will continue going through Os Valos and A Mamurria to get to a Brea. Here in this
village you should go through a path that goes parallel to the left side of the N-547. You will cross Avenostre and O Rosario, this is the last village
before getting to Palas de Rei. A little bit after you will get to the end of today’s stage.

Bear in mind

This stage is not too hard, there’s only a couple of small gaps in the ground that you’ll be able to go through easily. There are some public and private
hostels in the villages along this stage. Once passed Palas de Rei, they are advertised as if they were in the town when in reality they’re further away,
so we should choose the hotel carefully.
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Reduced mobility pilgrims can do this stage with no issues, although is possible they need help while going up the mountain San Antonio, or arriving
at the Hospital de la Cruz.

What to see

 Iglesia de Santa María church (Gonzar)

 Castro Romano fort (Castromaior)
 Iglesia Románica church (Castromaior)
 Cruceiro de doble cara Stone cross (Os Lameiros)
 Iglesia de San Tirso church (Palas de Rei)

What to eat

 Typical bread from this area

 Typical octopus
 Lacón con grelos (Lamb with turnip greens)
 Typical cheese from Arzúa
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PALAS DE REI - ARZÚA

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This is the longest stage you will have to walk in the Galician Territory In this stage you will leave Lugo and enter in A Coruña. At this stage, the
province of Lugo is abandoned to enter the last of the provinces through which it passes, the province of A Coruña, where it enters through the village
of O Coto, bordering both provinces. This is a tough and an irregular stage. We will find short recurrent slopes that will demand our effort. The
landscapes will combine sections with good state of preservation as we cross nice villages with non gratifying views from some industrial areas.

Once you get to Arzúa you will meet all pilgrims that come from the Northern Way and you will walk with them to Santiago through the last two stages.

The way leaves Palas de Rei through the national road 547 in the kilometres 35, you will walk a while through a path but then you will return to the
national road. Then you should leave the national road and go to the right, following the indications to Carballal, going through Riba. After crossing
Riba you will return to the national road and you will cross it and you will see a marker that will indicate you the entrance to a path that will lead you to
San Xulián do Camiño, located 3 kilometres from Palas de Rei Once you leave this village you will return to a path and a few meters after you will find
a crossing, here you should continue straight forward.

After some ups and downs you will enjoy one of the best landscapes in the French Way with lots of trees and green fields; green will be the main
colour of all you can see here. While crossing the Pimbre river you will feel all the magic that this amazing way hides. You will walk through Ponte
Campaña that belongs to Mato, then you will go through Casanova, its houses hide lots of secrets and magic. Here, after walking 5.6 kilometres you
will find a public hostel and also a private one that also words as a holiday cottage. After crossing this village you will continue through an asphalted
road just for a few meters and then you will turn left, returning to a path that will lead you to Porto de Bois where you should cross the river to
continue, this time walking up a little bit to get to Campanilla. Once you get to this wonderful place you have to look back and say goodbye to Lugo,
because the next marker will indicate you that O Coto belongs to A Coruña.

Here, in O Coto you will find a holiday cottage and also a shop where you can buy many things if you need it. After having a break you will continue
and you will return to the left through a path that will lead you to Leboreiro one of the most amazing villages in this stage, it has a stone cross and
here you can visit the Iglesia de Santa María de Leboreiro that is considered heritage of the Way. You will continue and you will see the marker
number 56 that will indicate you that you are now in Discabio, the hardest part in today’s stage. It goes parallel to the national road through a service
road that you will leave once you get out of Melide’s industrial park. Then you will get to a recreation area in Furelos where you will cross an affluent
of the Ulla river through a medieval bridge with for arches. Then it comes Melide, one of the biggest village in the Galician French Way.

You can leave Melide if you haven’t taste the famous octopus. Galicia offers a great and varied gastronomy that you should taste.

You will continue through the national road 547, you will cross it to enter in the road 4603 to San Martiño turning right and then, a few metres after you
should follow the indications to Santa María de Melide a small village that has a Romanesque church with an amazing façade Then you will walk
through lovely fields and woods and loads of eucalyptus and other trees to get to A Peroxa that is a village located just before Boente. Here you can
find a coffee bar and two private hostels and also the Fuente de la Saleta fountain a place where lots of pilgrims refill their water bottles.

Once you leave Boente you have a little walk up to get to Figueiros and Castañeda where you will start to descend to get to the Arroyo Riberiral
stream that is located between Pedrido and Río At this point, the Way becomes steep again for the umpteenth time, where we will cross the road
once again and reach a short cobbled stretch of road and head down to what is perhaps the most magical place of our entire stage, Ribadiso, with a
hostel ideal for overnight stay. To get to Ribadiso you will have to cross a bridge over the Iso river. Ribadiso is located 3.4 kilometres from Arzúa, you
will walk now through the national road. In Arzúa, end of today’s stage, you will find all kind of services that you could need to conclude today’s stage.
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Bear in mind

Some of the parts of this stage are a little bit hard due to the number of walk-ups and descends, especially in Palas de Reis and Casanova. Due to
this fact, many times people with reduced mobility need to think about the possibility of going through the LU-663 taking into account that this is a
national road and could be dangerous sometimes.

For cyclists the difficulty is normal, we don’t need to highlight anything.

For people that are not too fit we recommend to divide this stage into two parts:

Stage 1: Palas de Rei – Melide (15 kilometres)

Stage 2: Melide – Arzúa (14,5 kilometres)

What to see

 Iglesia de Santa María de Leboreiro

 Puente Medieval del Río Furelos river
 Capilla San Roque chapel (Melide).
 Museo da Terra de Melide museum.
 Puente de Ribadiso bridge.

What to eat

 Typical octopus
 Melindres (pastries mainly made with eggs, anisette, milk, flour and sugar
 Typical cheese from Arzúa
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ARZÚA - PEDROUZO
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Once you get to this point you have to know that there are just 40 kilometres left to get to Santiago de Compostela and enjoy the amazing cathedral.
There are many options, the one that we recommend is to stay the night in O Pedrouzo because it is a village where you can find lots of services and
you will have just a few kilometres to get to Santiago

The other option is to stay the night in Santa Irene a small village near O Pedrouzo that has a public hostel and a private one. It also has a hermitage
devoted to San Pedro There are also pilgrims that decide to do a larger stage and conclude at Monte do Gozo, staying the night close to Santiago We
recommend to divide this stage into two stages and enjoy the way. These two stages are easy and the only problem is when it comes to cross the
road.

You will leave Arzúa going through Rúa do Carmen street. You have to go through the left and you will leave the village to get to the Fuente de los
Franceses spring. After crossing it you will cross the Vello river and you will get to As Barrosas named after the kind of land that you will find there
when it rains, here you will find the Capilla de San Lázaro chapel.

Then you will continue through a rural area that is very calm and beautiful and you will find the Brandeso river that is an affluent of the Iso river. Once
you start to walk up you will find a fork in which there is marker that indicated you the left path to get to Preguntoño where you will find the Ermita de
San Paio hermitage from the 17 century.

After leaving this village you will have to cross a tunnel to get to A Peroxa where you will start to descend to a stream known as the Ladrón river. Is
time to start walk up again to get to Taberna Vella and after leaving behind this place you will go through Burres and then through O Pino the city
council before Santiago de Compostela. The first village that will welcome you is Calle where you walk through a path. After crossing the Languella
stream you will get to Boavista and then to Salceda, you will walk through a road and you will have to cross it many times.

Before getting to the next village you will get into a path to see a plaque devoted to Guillermo Watt that died here in this place while he was walking to
Santiago. Then you will get to O Xen a small village where you will find a national road that you should cross to reach Ras surroundings, which also
belongs to San Miguel de Cerceda, the same as O Xen. Pilgrims coming from the Northern Way go through O Pino and then the way get unified with
the French Way.

We keep on walking parallel to the national road to reach O Empalme, where we can find a particular picnic that still keeps a massive copy of the
Pelegrín, the pet designed for 1993 Jacobean Holy Year. We will cross the road towards the village and then start descending among eucalyptus.
After a short walking crossing again under the national road through a tunnel, we will find Saint Irene’s chapel, only 3 kms away from O Pedrouzo.
Santa Irene, divided by the road, has two hostels: a public and a private one, at each side. It is a perfect place for those limp pilgrims that will continue
until O Pedrouzo, as the eucalyptus will help us recovering ourselves.

Across the dense forest, we will descend until A Rúa place, where its houses made of stone will welcome us, just a kilometre and a half away of our
goal. Leaving behind this wonderful place, where we can even find a tourist office, we will go on with our walking through a paved road that will lead
us next to the N-547, the last obstacle before reaching O Pedrouzo and resting, knowing that tomorrow will be the best day.

Bear in mind

It is an easy stage for everyone including cyclists and people with reduced mobility. All sections of this stage are in good conditions.
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What to see

 Iglesia Santa Eulalia de Arca -O Pedrouzo

 Ermita de San Paio -Preguntoño
 Ermita de San Andrés -O Pedrouzo

What to eat

 Typical cock and chicken (Piñeira)

 Typical cheese
 Typical wine
 Typical pork and beef meat
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PEDROUZO - SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA

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Santiago is very close. Some pilgrims want to get Santiago quickly to see the cathedral, but there are other pilgrims that do not want to get to
Santiago soon because arriving means that this incredible journey gets to the end. The best is once you get to the Plaza del Obradoiro square and
you see the amazing cathedral.

Today is an important day! Just 20 kilometres left to get to Santiago de Compostela. If you started this adventure in the very beginning you have
walked 740 kilometres. You should get up early because you should get to Santiago before 12:00 pm that is when the pilgrim’s mass is celebrated.

You will leave O Pedrouzo going back and after 500 metres turning left. You will walk through a path among eucalyptus and other trees. Through this
path, you will get to San Antón a village that belongs to Arca and that is located next to the Brandelos river. Then you will walk to Amenal crossing a
river and also a national road through an underpass to get to Cimadevila.

The end of the stage and the end of the way is near. You will see lots of crosses that other pilgrims put in a fence for years. Then you will a huge
monolith that has the shape of a staff, scallop shell and pilgrim’s pumpkin that is the official announcement that you are now in Santiago.

After walking near the airport and crossing a secondary road you will enter in San Paio and then you will go through A Esquipa and Lavacolla. After
crossing the Iglesia de San Pelayo de Sabugueria church you will cross the N-643 to go to Vilamaior and then you will walk next to the main buildings
of the Galician TV channel. Then you will go through San Marcos to get to Monte do Gozo where is located the biggest hostel in Santiago de
Compostela that was open in 1993. Here you can see the first time the cathedral, once you get here is normal to feel happiness and also being
excited because you see the end.

You will leave Monte do Gozo and you will walk through a neighbourhood called San Lázaro, after crossing a huge roundabout you will see a building
that is used like an auditorium and also a sculpture made by a local artist that welcome everyone to this amazing city.

Then you will walk through a neighbourhood called Os Concheiros, named after the old tradition of selling scallop shell to pilgrims. A little bit after you
will enter in the old town of Santiago through the Calle de Casas Reais street, the Plaza de Cervantes square A little bit after you will enter in the old
town of Santiago through the Calle de Casas Reais street, the Plaza de Cervantes square Now there is only left the passage where street musicians
will welcome us playing their instruments, before the majestic Plaza del Obradoiro.

You can finally look up and enjoy the moment after reaching our objective: Santiago’s Cathedral is right in front of us. We can now leave our bag as
we walk to the centre of the square searching for the best picture to remember the experience.

The cathedral is here, you will be very excited, and this is the end of the journey.

Welcome to Santiago de Compostela!

Bear in mind

This is the best stage and also the easiest one, because at the end you will be in Santiago. There are no important impediments for people with
reduced mobility.
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What to see

 The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

 Monasterio San Martín Pinario – Santiago de Compostela
 Santo Domingo de Bonaval
 Mercado de Abastos market
 Hostal de los Reyes Católicos (state-owned hotel)

What to eat

All the typical Galician gastronomy, especially fish and seafood. But you also should taste all types of meat and dishes made with meat. They should
be enjoyed with the most exquisite wines of Ribeira Sacra, such as godello, mencía… For dessert, we should not forget the traditional Santiago’s
cake, with homemade liquors, or a good queimada.

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